Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Cinemax Orders Bruce Lee-Inspired Drama 'Warrior'

An idea hatched by Bruce Lee over three decades ago is finally coming to life on Cinemax.

The network ordered a 10-episode season of "Warrior," inspired on an idea Lee wrote about in private journals. "Fast and Furious" director Justin Lin and "Banshee" co-creator Jonathan Tropper is executive producing.

They're partnering with Lee's daughter, Shannon, who found a trove of handwritten notes about the project after her father's death in 1973.

"Warrior" is described as a "gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco's Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century." A martial arts prodigy named Ah Sahm immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and goes to work for a powerful Chinese gang.